Dhaka March 20, 2025, 1:49 am
The size of the GDP stood past Tk 27.96 trillion while per capita GNI surged to $2,064 from $1,909 the previous fiscal year
Mannan meets top bureaucrats Wednesday
With less than five months away, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has yet to make any significant step to take over the system from the company
Among the projects, ERD has completed negotiations in 6 projects with the World Bank. It has also received approval of the World Bank board meeting in this regard
time-bound services will help expedite the opening up of foreign currency accounts with the local banks and repatriating profits or dividends
The discussion will be virtually held at the 21st Session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) comprising Foreign Secretaries of the BIMSTEC Member States on 02 September
Trade credit dominates the short-term while commercial borrowing dominates long-term external debt of the private sector during the period under review
The ministry of labour and employment issued a gazette notification on July 27, announcing the new minimum wages for the rice mills workers - more than seven years after the wages were fixed last time
The country has only 60-day oil consumption capacity against the global standard of around six months
Besides the project aid, Bangladesh also sought budgetary support from the Washington-based lender
The total project cost is estimated at$1.4 billion and it is scheduled to end by 2024
Coastal, Varendra (Barind) and drought-prone haor and flood-prone, Chittagong Hill Tracts, riverine and urban areas will get priority in the Delta Plan
Value of the secondary transaction of treasury bills and bonds stood at Tk 558.89 billion in FY20, which was Tk 183.09 billion in FY19
The sales of savings certificates normally increase during the May-June period of each fiscal year as taxpayers seek to get income-tax benefits
The assistance will help alleviate the government’s urgent financial, logistical, and other constraints to meet immediate needs and deliver appropriate medical services
As per the plan, the government will borrow Tk 1900 billion in the running 2020-21 fiscal year, while Tk 1791.7 billion in 2021-22 fiscal and Tk 2022.8 billion in the 2022-23 fiscal years
The financial assistance is provided with very favorable terms and the interest rate is 0.01 percent. The repayment period is 11 years after the grace period of four years
The time frame has been extended through an order issued on Thursday by the Customs (International trade and agreement) Wing
It'll up further amid swelling local demand, low int'l price
